Regions Bank, $300 Checking Bonus and $2000 CC Funding

(EXPIRED) Regions Bank is offering a sign up bonus of $300 when you open any LifeGreen checking account. To receive the bonus you need to use the promo code 300M, make 10 purchases with a Regions Visa Checkcard and make $500 or more in qualifying direct deposits within 60 days. Bonus will be deposited after 120 days.

You can fund the account with a credit card up to $1,000. You can also open a free savings account which can be funded with a credit card as well up to $1,000. So this is a good opportunity for some manufactured spending, besides the bonus. You can then transfer the savings balance to the checking account to avoid monthly fees.

The offer is only in a few select cities and unfortunately I won’t be able to take advantage of it.

Monthly Fees

There’s monthly fees for these checking accounts, but they can be waived. The accounts to consider are LifeGreen Checking and LifeGreen eAccess. They both have $8-10 monthly fee. For LifeGreen Checking it can be waived with a $1,500 balance or $500 monthly DD. For LifeGreen eAccess it is waived with 10 monthly Regions Visa Checkcard purchases.